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today president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke on the phone about the looming budget cuts, but as of now, no evidence there's any future negotiations scheduled. a new poll by the associated press shows 48% of those asked support letting tax cuts expire january 1st for those earning more than $250,000 a year, but extending them for everybody else. just 32% say the cuts ought to be extended across the board. joining us now to talk fiscal cliff and ramifications for all of us around here in the d.c. area, virginia congress member gerry connolly, a democrat representing annandale, parts of prince herndon county, fairfax, welcome, sir. we know the arguments by now, very familiar. the president wants to cut off the tax cuts for everybody making over a quarter million. john boehner and the house republicans would rather see deductions and hoop holes closed. why are you? are you with the president wholeheartedly on this? >> well, i certainly agree with the president that we need to let the top tax bracket expire. he ran explicitly on that. there weren't a lot of explicits in this
today president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke on the phone about the looming budget cuts, but as of now, no evidence there's any future negotiations scheduled. a new poll by the associated press shows 48% of those asked support letting tax cuts expire january 1st for those earning more than $250,000 a year, but extending them for everybody else. just 32% say the cuts ought to be extended across the board. joining us now to talk fiscal cliff and ramifications for all of us around...
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citigroup announces major layoffs, cutting 11,000 jobs. is this a sign of things to come in corporate america? >> tom: i'm tom hudson. president obama tries to win over top business leaders, warning republicans are holding the global economy hostage over the fiscal cliff.
citigroup announces major layoffs, cutting 11,000 jobs. is this a sign of things to come in corporate america? >> tom: i'm tom hudson. president obama tries to win over top business leaders, warning republicans are holding the global economy hostage over the fiscal cliff.
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obama's plan to extend tax cuts for most americans while allowing them to go up for the richest, and start the fight all over again during debt limit talks early next year. >> that is a bad strategy for america. it is a bad strategy for your businesses. and it is not a game that i will play. >> reporter: and brian, tonight, the white house is preparing in case the country does go over that fiscal cliff, budget officials have asked all federal agencies for information that they need in case of possible plans in case of those automatic spending cuts that could go in place in just 27 days. >> peter alexander at the white house for us tonight. thank you. >>> and up next, the loss today of a legend in american music. i put away money. i was 21, so i said, "hmm, i want to retire at 55." and before you know it, i'm 58 years old. time went by very fast. it goes by too, too fast. ♪ but i would do it again in a heartbeat. [ laughs ] ♪ ♪ i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days migh
obama's plan to extend tax cuts for most americans while allowing them to go up for the richest, and start the fight all over again during debt limit talks early next year. >> that is a bad strategy for america. it is a bad strategy for your businesses. and it is not a game that i will play. >> reporter: and brian, tonight, the white house is preparing in case the country does go over that fiscal cliff, budget officials have asked all federal agencies for information that they need...
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republicans offered president obama a proposal that retained the bush tax cuts for the wealthy, and now they say the ball is in the president's court. >> this week we made a good faith offer to avert the fiscal crisis. now we need a response from the white house. we can't sit here and negotiate with ourselves. >> both sides promise to cut trillions from government spending over the next decade, but the republicans insist they can do it without raising taxes on the rich. president obama insists that's a nonstarter. he shared his message with rich folks at the business round table. he told them they could handle paying more in taxes. >> let's allow higher rates to go up for the top 2%, that includes all of you, yes. but not in any way that will affect your spending, your lifestyles, or the economy in any significant way. >> business round table is a lobby group made up of some of the country's biggest ceos, ceos of some of the country's bigg gt companies. if you don't know what the fiscal cliff is, you've probably been living under a rock. i found this explanation. this is mr. burns from
republicans offered president obama a proposal that retained the bush tax cuts for the wealthy, and now they say the ball is in the president's court. >> this week we made a good faith offer to avert the fiscal crisis. now we need a response from the white house. we can't sit here and negotiate with ourselves. >> both sides promise to cut trillions from government spending over the next decade, but the republicans insist they can do it without raising taxes on the rich. president...
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this is why obama put forth $4 trillion in cuts. understand what the ryan/romney budget is doing. it's cutting domestic spending 19% across the board impacting programs for veterans and impacting pell grants and pathways to colleges and impacting investments in innovation economy and infrastructure and things that will help america grow. do you want to see cuts or see the obama plan that puts us on to reducing the federal deficit but does not forget that america's got to remain competitive. >> if the american public just basically don't want to pay more tax, aren't they going to lean in an election in economic hard times towards the party that is saying i'm not going to hit you in the pocket so hard? >> well, again, we've got to get out of political cliches. and this is what we're talking about as a trojan horse kind of political cliches. if you look at the facts of president barack obama and how he governed, forget his proposals to cut middle class taxes and proposals to cut taxes on small businesses, this is a president who has cut taxes on over 97% of businesses and americans.
this is why obama put forth $4 trillion in cuts. understand what the ryan/romney budget is doing. it's cutting domestic spending 19% across the board impacting programs for veterans and impacting pell grants and pathways to colleges and impacting investments in innovation economy and infrastructure and things that will help america grow. do you want to see cuts or see the obama plan that puts us on to reducing the federal deficit but does not forget that america's got to remain competitive....
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. >> jon: (bleep). [ laughter ] they just cut obama off just before -- they cut him off before he clearly says that he can do the exact thing he just did but which you said he said he's not supposed to -- [ laughter ] mother (bleep). you almost had me, fox news. almost had me but reverse, got you! the whole inning in is like i dream i witness had. -- i once had. [ laughter ] ♪ silent night, holy night ♪ all is calm ♪ all is bright [ laughter ] >> jon: we'll we'll be right ba. do you see it ? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back. gi midwest tonight a very, very -- my guest tonight a very, very funny actor. his new movie is "the amazing spiderman." >> make your point quickly. i know who it is. >> dr. curtis connor. who is also my daughter's mentor is that who you are talking about? >> that is the one. >> he wrote a glowing college recommendation. when i read it, i cried
. >> jon: (bleep). [ laughter ] they just cut obama off just before -- they cut him off before he clearly says that he can do the exact thing he just did but which you said he said he's not supposed to -- [ laughter ] mother (bleep). you almost had me, fox news. almost had me but reverse, got you! the whole inning in is like i dream i witness had. -- i once had. [ laughter ] ♪ silent night, holy night ♪ all is calm ♪ all is bright [ laughter ] >> jon: we'll we'll be right ba....
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darden announced that none of its full time employees will have their hours cut as a result of the new regulations. >>> well, believe it or not you'll be seeing more starbucks cafes popping up. the coffee chain is planning to add 1,500 locations in the next five years. more are planned for canada and south america as well. >>> and having the most watched youtube video in u.s. history sure can pay the bills. south korean pop star psi is set to make at least, get this, $8.1 million this year off of his hit song "gangnam style." that just is from the ads on his youtube video and sales of the song on itunes. terrell, we've got to get some itune singing/dancing thing going on. >> you sing, i'll dance. >> i'll dance, you sing. >> you daenlt want me to dance. >> i think we want that. >> ashley morrison in new york. thank you so much. >>> in sports, rack up another milestone for lakers superstar bryant. he seeks a jumper for his 30,000th career point. he's only the fifth player in nba history to do that. for the game bryant pumped in 29 points to help them take down the hornets. and a thriller
darden announced that none of its full time employees will have their hours cut as a result of the new regulations. >>> well, believe it or not you'll be seeing more starbucks cafes popping up. the coffee chain is planning to add 1,500 locations in the next five years. more are planned for canada and south america as well. >>> and having the most watched youtube video in u.s. history sure can pay the bills. south korean pop star psi is set to make at least, get this, $8.1...
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five reasons we can't afford four more years of barack obama.
five reasons we can't afford four more years of barack obama.
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like obama saying long, long before, hey, i smoke weed in high school. everybody forgot about that. >> something tells me it wouldn't be forgotten by the obama campaign if he had done it. sure, it's turned into a drama. i would think more disclosure at some point. but moving on from a controversy dividing people right now to one that's been dividing sexes for years. a mayor designed easy parking spaces for women, wider, more well lit than spaces for men, the spaces close to men are close to concrete pillars and only can be backed into. he was asked to explain the policy. he said it was a natural decision after all men are better drivers than women. krystal, you must have something. >> if men are better drivers, why do they pay higher insurance rates. number two, i'm a much better driver than my husband. i'm just going to put this out there. number three, even this this policy goes against every bone in my body i support it, having more parking spaces designated, i like it. >> this is separate but unequal, stigmatizin stigmatizing, women are lesser, lesse
like obama saying long, long before, hey, i smoke weed in high school. everybody forgot about that. >> something tells me it wouldn't be forgotten by the obama campaign if he had done it. sure, it's turned into a drama. i would think more disclosure at some point. but moving on from a controversy dividing people right now to one that's been dividing sexes for years. a mayor designed easy parking spaces for women, wider, more well lit than spaces for men, the spaces close to men are close...
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we just heard a list of all the spending cuts. you know what, the budget. we've been running a trillion dollar deficit every year under this administration. president obama has nearly doubled the debt. the spending is out of control. and it's -- we have this economy that continues to struggle -- >> the debt ceiling -- >> the debt ceiling is our opportunity to really look at these questions, but the republicans want to negotiate -- speaker boehner the day after the election, went to the podium and put tax revenue on the table. this is our moment, this is our -- tip o'neill and president reagan back in the early '80s, they came together. they negotiated to save social security as well as address the spending. and it was a $3 in spending cuts to every dollar in new revenue. and that's the type of approach we need today. >> they never used the issue of debt ceiling in those negotiations. that's relatively new. the president says, i will not play that game. he may have no choice, because the republicans have a decisive majority in the house of representatives. i
we just heard a list of all the spending cuts. you know what, the budget. we've been running a trillion dollar deficit every year under this administration. president obama has nearly doubled the debt. the spending is out of control. and it's -- we have this economy that continues to struggle -- >> the debt ceiling -- >> the debt ceiling is our opportunity to really look at these questions, but the republicans want to negotiate -- speaker boehner the day after the election, went to...
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the obama administration is manyo cuts, saying could leave american troops less training for battle. pushing forre compromise. >> i believe we should be findtted to trying to common ground. question there are of differences. if we focus on the differences, nothing will get done. a resolution on the fiscal is not expected until after the election. despite chick-fil-a saying it with callsing to do for chick-fil-a appreciation , the restaurant chain is reaping the benefits. they broke sales records although they're not releasing a dollar amount. were swamped with people supporting the change fire for its under president's views against same- sex marriage. moral many same-sex couples are kiss-in expected to inside restaurants across .he country tomorrow in protest still ahead, a big day for american gymnasts. for in london, including the flying squirrel. what is to blame for the sidewalk collapse that ended and a man dead firefightersor and a man dead firefigi got the chance to start my own business. i know what it's like to re people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had
the obama administration is manyo cuts, saying could leave american troops less training for battle. pushing forre compromise. >> i believe we should be findtted to trying to common ground. question there are of differences. if we focus on the differences, nothing will get done. a resolution on the fiscal is not expected until after the election. despite chick-fil-a saying it with callsing to do for chick-fil-a appreciation , the restaurant chain is reaping the benefits. they broke sales...
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citigroup announces major layoffs, cutting 11,000 jobs. is this a sign of things to come in corporate america? >> tom: i'm tom hudson. president obama tries to win over top business leaders, warning republicans are holding the global economy hostage over the fiscal cliff. >> susie: and apple shares get
citigroup announces major layoffs, cutting 11,000 jobs. is this a sign of things to come in corporate america? >> tom: i'm tom hudson. president obama tries to win over top business leaders, warning republicans are holding the global economy hostage over the fiscal cliff. >> susie: and apple shares get
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president obama has rejected the latest profile bit republicans because it does not include a -- proposal by the republicans because it does not include a tax hike on the wealthy americans offering instead to close some tax loopholes, danielle nottingham with the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: house members left the capitol in the middle of the fiscal fight not due back until next week, but house speaker john boehner is staying behind ready to sit down with the president. >> we can't sit here and negotiate with ourselves. >> reporter: president obama is rejecting the republican proposal because it does not raise taxes on households making over $250,000 a year. the gop is offering to close tax loopholes and limit deductions instead. >> revenues we're putting on the table will come from, guess who, the rich. >> reporter: house republicans say if bush era tax cuts aren't extended for everyone, it will hurt the economy and they invited small business owners here to capitol hill to make their point. max olson opened an insurance company this year and is concerned he won't be able to ad
president obama has rejected the latest profile bit republicans because it does not include a -- proposal by the republicans because it does not include a tax hike on the wealthy americans offering instead to close some tax loopholes, danielle nottingham with the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: house members left the capitol in the middle of the fiscal fight not due back until next week, but house speaker john boehner is staying behind ready to sit down with the president. >>...
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>> well, i think the difference is that president obama cut medicare by over $7.5 billion -- >> let me stop you there. so now you're saying it is a cut, slowing the growth is a cut? that's what you're saying when you use the $700 billion talking point. >> let me finish the sentence though. the difference is that he didn't use those savings to extend the solvency of the trust fund. he took that money out of medicare to create a new enti e entitleme entitlement. i think this would have been a very different conversation if he said let's achieve savings to help preserve the program. the difference is what governor romney is saying is this program's going broke if we don't do anything. you look at the premium support plan that governor romney, it has its roots in the '90s. we first came up with a concept that flushed out the details prebehind premiums. the doc supported this. the leadership of the aoa. the mayo clinic supports this. "the wall street journal" supported this. many outside groups supported this concept of giving seniors more choices, more competition, slowing down the growth
>> well, i think the difference is that president obama cut medicare by over $7.5 billion -- >> let me stop you there. so now you're saying it is a cut, slowing the growth is a cut? that's what you're saying when you use the $700 billion talking point. >> let me finish the sentence though. the difference is that he didn't use those savings to extend the solvency of the trust fund. he took that money out of medicare to create a new enti e entitleme entitlement. i think this...
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a lot of republicans in particular who see running the hispanic candidate as a way they can really cut in to president obama's margin in some of the swing states that have high percentages of hispanic voters. it's not surprising -- >> are they going -- i want to know, are they going after him? or are they basically dong due diligence on a likely possible vice presidential candidate? >> well, i think the latter is probably the case. although, the republicans; particularly, the republican activists know who he is. most people in the country have little or no idea who marco rubio is. he's not on the national stage per se. he has only been in the senate for a couple of years. so they are going to go after him to find out who he is. i think they will be fed a lot of information by the obama campaign, the opposition research people within the campaign who are going to try to make him as unattractive as possible. but i think they would do that to any of the republican candidates that have looking at v.p. rubio is largely unknown that it's easier to create an impression about him than it might
a lot of republicans in particular who see running the hispanic candidate as a way they can really cut in to president obama's margin in some of the swing states that have high percentages of hispanic voters. it's not surprising -- >> are they going -- i want to know, are they going after him? or are they basically dong due diligence on a likely possible vice presidential candidate? >> well, i think the latter is probably the case. although, the republicans; particularly, the...
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don't give in on the tax cuts for the 2%. make sure they disappear the way they should and if necessary go over the fiscal cliff. no deal's better than a bad deal. great to see you today. join the conversation any time at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter at bpshow. peter ogborn and dan henning team press in place here this morning. good morning guys. peter's always keeping track of the social media and your comment on twitter. phil backert has the phones and cyprian bowlding has the camera. our videographer keeping us looking good here on current tv. well, we know that breaking news this morning actually came across the wires that kate middleton is filing better. she's over that acute morning sickness. she's left the hospital. and at the same time, a little breaking news, we learned that yesterday a couple of talk show hosts, radio talk show hosts from australia with the worst british accents i have ever heard did a prank call to the hospital where kate was kept for a couple of days. pretending to be the queen and prince
don't give in on the tax cuts for the 2%. make sure they disappear the way they should and if necessary go over the fiscal cliff. no deal's better than a bad deal. great to see you today. join the conversation any time at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter at bpshow. peter ogborn and dan henning team press in place here this morning. good morning guys. peter's always keeping track of the social media and your comment on twitter. phil backert has the phones and cyprian bowlding has the camera....
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this is a very clear political move by president obama. he cut the legs right under senator marco rubio, a republican from florida, working on something very similar with even more latitude towards these young dreamers. i have to tell you something, 1.8 million plus young kids now have at least for two years, the potential for being a part of this society without having to look over their shoulders every five seconds to so if they're going to be deported. >> will we see meaningful immigration reform. >> boy is that the question. both political parties when they've had the opportunity to come together and even start talking about immigration reform have not done so. obama promised from left to right, north to south, that he would spearhead immigration reform in the first 100 days. then you have the republicans on the other side of the ticket maria who have been extremely, what's the word i want to use? they've put up walls against anything that smells of immigration reform when it's something that could benefit the economy of this country.
this is a very clear political move by president obama. he cut the legs right under senator marco rubio, a republican from florida, working on something very similar with even more latitude towards these young dreamers. i have to tell you something, 1.8 million plus young kids now have at least for two years, the potential for being a part of this society without having to look over their shoulders every five seconds to so if they're going to be deported. >> will we see meaningful...
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you want to make this campaign about budget and budget cuts and tax cuts for the best of, the angry affluent. that is where obama wants to run theampaign, not on unemployment. >> fight it on studentoans. he wants to fight it on an end to student loans, the safety net, scientific research whihich has made this countntry great. ththose are the things that sound -- to sound the alarm bells on. conversely republicans want to make it about this willl default. >> obama will win the argument if the electorate is as well as nina mark, and evan. [laughter] you just said it cutting student loans. the ryan budget keeps the level of progress exactly where it is. obama wants to keep inflating the amount of spending the government is doing 25% of the onomy, the highest since the second world war. the average is 22%. it is now at 25%. what hehe calls cut means thatt not increasing the b budget he has inflated radical. >> you think if we enacted the ryan budget it would deal with the deficit? >> absolutely. >> how do you say that? he does not say anything -- >> revenue.. >> loopholes -- wantnt? >> i find it
you want to make this campaign about budget and budget cuts and tax cuts for the best of, the angry affluent. that is where obama wants to run theampaign, not on unemployment. >> fight it on studentoans. he wants to fight it on an end to student loans, the safety net, scientific research whihich has made this countntry great. ththose are the things that sound -- to sound the alarm bells on. conversely republicans want to make it about this willl default. >> obama will win the...
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the military had been told for months not to get ready for these budget cuts. in the meantime, "the washington post" released a survey earlier this week. it found 53% of people polled would blame republicans for going over the cliff. 27% would blame president obama. not a lot of sunshine that we're seeing this these talks. >> i was telling mike, i was listening to an interview with trent lott, former leader back in the days in the clinton administration. he said he and daschle would good friends and that they worked on it but he was also criticized by his fellow republicans for being a compromiser. when did compromise get to be a dirty word. >> we've seen signs of compromise on the side of john boehner and seen republicans go after him for doing that. >> exactly. it's a price of being a leader. what do you have for us in the next half-hour? >> it's the season we're dressing up our homes with a lot of holiday decor. it looks fantastic but can also be a little dangerous. we'll run through some of the possible dangers you might be having in your home right now. >>
the military had been told for months not to get ready for these budget cuts. in the meantime, "the washington post" released a survey earlier this week. it found 53% of people polled would blame republicans for going over the cliff. 27% would blame president obama. not a lot of sunshine that we're seeing this these talks. >> i was telling mike, i was listening to an interview with trent lott, former leader back in the days in the clinton administration. he said he and daschle...
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the bush tax cuts cut revenue twenty two things like in the reagan tax cuts two thousand sets of personal income tax revenues rose tony marsh you had to settle a shot is your economy absolutely not that's of barack obama's own budget statistics are you there you know santorum has one of the most populist tax plans of all the candidates because i mean he really does want to foster american manufacturing wouldn't you have you have a half more loss of americans who are pain full bore para payroll taxes but no income taxes and he wants to raise their income taxes to ten percent and then you get a couple hundred thousand people who are making over for over a million dollars a year and he wants to cut their income taxes from thirty six percent on twenty eight percent how is that populist well i would say if you look at the plan holistically and you can't just get eve really can be put into a box he really can't you can't call his plan oh that's libertarian or conservative or populous he actually really to rise to appeal to everybody and try to find a middle ground on taxes on the people who spe
the bush tax cuts cut revenue twenty two things like in the reagan tax cuts two thousand sets of personal income tax revenues rose tony marsh you had to settle a shot is your economy absolutely not that's of barack obama's own budget statistics are you there you know santorum has one of the most populist tax plans of all the candidates because i mean he really does want to foster american manufacturing wouldn't you have you have a half more loss of americans who are pain full bore para payroll...
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you want to make the campaign about budget and budget cuts and tax cuts for the best off? that is where obama wants to fight the campaign, not on unemployment. >> fight it and student loans. he wants to fight it on an end to stallone's -- student loans -- >> safety net. >> scientific research that has made the country great. that is the thing to sound the alarm bells on. conversely, republicans want to make it about fiscal default. >> obama will win the argument if the electorate is as well as nina and mark and evan. [laughter] you just said cutting student loans. the ryan budget keeps the level of progress exactly where it is. obama wants to keep inflating the amount of spending the government is doing. it is the highest since the second world war. he is now 25%. what he calls a cut the not increasing of a budget he has inflated radically. >> he says if we enacted the ryan budget that it would deal with the budget? >> absolutely. >> do you say that? it does not say anything about loopholes. >> look, i find it interesting that you're defense of the administration -- >> i a
you want to make the campaign about budget and budget cuts and tax cuts for the best off? that is where obama wants to fight the campaign, not on unemployment. >> fight it and student loans. he wants to fight it on an end to stallone's -- student loans -- >> safety net. >> scientific research that has made the country great. that is the thing to sound the alarm bells on. conversely, republicans want to make it about fiscal default. >> obama will win the argument if the...
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rich. >> president obama also tried to pin a negotiating tactic on republicans, saying congress can't tie >> i will not play that >> it's a sign the two sides have a lot to discuss---once they decide to do so. emily schmidt, kron4 news >> it appears americans don't mind sharing opinions.. even on things that don't exist. a recent poll by public policy polling found 25- percent of americans took a stance on a phony debt reduction policy called the "panetta-burns plan." the proposal was dreamed up by pollers to test how many people would speak on something they clearly don't know anything about. eight-percent of those polled supported the mythical plan and 17-percent opposed it. in contrast, 39-percent of voters were willing to share their thoughts about the "simpson-bowles" deficit reduction plan... a real policy up for debate in congress. 4:4:02 a.m. we will be right back. this live look from walnut creek. 4:42 all fresh & e z could be closing the stores -- fresh and the ec could be closing easy.... >> welcome back. 4: 44 most suspected bank robbers try to hide the evidence. but polic
rich. >> president obama also tried to pin a negotiating tactic on republicans, saying congress can't tie >> i will not play that >> it's a sign the two sides have a lot to discuss---once they decide to do so. emily schmidt, kron4 news >> it appears americans don't mind sharing opinions.. even on things that don't exist. a recent poll by public policy polling found 25- percent of americans took a stance on a phony debt reduction policy called the "panetta-burns...
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your nominee said, "i wouldn't take a deal giving me $10 in spending cuts for $1 of revenue increase." so i guess when i hear you say, well, you know, both sides have their issues and they're really divisive, the reality that i'm watching seems very different than that >> a couple things on the filibuster. that's kind of something people really senatey-in. is that a word >> jon: if it isn't, it is now very senatorial but there's more to it than just that. the truth of the matter is that the current leadership of the senate doesn't allow any votes on anything. you can't file an amendment. i as a member of the minority party if i'd like to file an amendment to the bill they won't let me get a vote on it. when they lined up 7 votes to avoid my ability to come on your show. >> jon: they did that just to block you from coming here. can you explain to me why my reality is wrong. what's wrong with what i'm saying >> first of all because as the minority party in the senate you should have the opportunity to vote on these amendments. they're trying to protect their incumbents from having to ta
your nominee said, "i wouldn't take a deal giving me $10 in spending cuts for $1 of revenue increase." so i guess when i hear you say, well, you know, both sides have their issues and they're really divisive, the reality that i'm watching seems very different than that >> a couple things on the filibuster. that's kind of something people really senatey-in. is that a word >> jon: if it isn't, it is now very senatorial but there's more to it than just that. the truth of the...
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you want to make this campaign about budget cuts, tax cuts for the best off, the angry affluent. that is where obama wants to fight the campaign, not on unemployment. fight it on the budget -- >> fight it on student loans. he wants to fight it on an end to student loans, safety net, an end to scientific research, which has made this country great. those are the things you can sound the alarm bells on. conversely, republicans want to make it about fiscal the fall. >> obama will win the argument if the electorate is as well as -- is as gullible as nina, mark, and evan. the ryan budget keeps the level of public grants exactly where it is. the president wants to keep inflating the amount of 25%ding by the government d, of the economy, the highest since the second world war. the average is 22% rate we are now 25%. what he calls a cut is the not increasing of a budget is inflated erratically. >> you think that the ryan budget would deal with the deficit? >> absolutely. >> how can you say that? it does not do anything about loopholes. >> i find it interesting that you are defending an a
you want to make this campaign about budget cuts, tax cuts for the best off, the angry affluent. that is where obama wants to fight the campaign, not on unemployment. fight it on the budget -- >> fight it on student loans. he wants to fight it on an end to student loans, safety net, an end to scientific research, which has made this country great. those are the things you can sound the alarm bells on. conversely, republicans want to make it about fiscal the fall. >> obama will win...
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57% say president obama. 37% mitt romney. 20 points. >> and this has been his enduring problem from the beginning. in ads like this, he likes, because he can say cut the deficit without having to get into the ugly details of what that will mean. and, you know, how it will affect medicare, how it will affect all of these programs that when people start thinking about them, they actually decide they like. you see problems with senior voters when you start talking about touching medicare at all. so he's going to have to kind of get in there and paint this picture that people have been waiting for him to do. and it just -- it remains at this point whether he's going to be able to make much ground. >> both candidates were in florida today, bob, where medicare is one of the hottest issues. the romney campaign just released an ad featuring marco rubio, touting their medicare plan. watch this. >> mitt romney and paul ryan get it. medicare is going broke. that's not politics. it's math. anyone who wants to leave medicare like it is for letting it go bankrupt. my mother is 81 and depends on medic
57% say president obama. 37% mitt romney. 20 points. >> and this has been his enduring problem from the beginning. in ads like this, he likes, because he can say cut the deficit without having to get into the ugly details of what that will mean. and, you know, how it will affect medicare, how it will affect all of these programs that when people start thinking about them, they actually decide they like. you see problems with senior voters when you start talking about touching medicare at...
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i would rather have more competition. >> president obama cut out the middleman and saved us a huge amount of money. the way it used to work is the government would guarantee the loans, and they would get everything that the loan needed. the government picked up the tab. it brought the interest rates, et cetera, and then you had the banks who would take money in the middle and give it to the students. they didn't provide anything to banks. no assurance, no guarantee, no nothing. and when president obama removed this you know how much money we saved? $68 billion. what mitt romney is saying no no, no. i can't believe this. this is a government takeover. how can i not give the my friends at the bank all this money. that is a blatant lie. they want to suck out that $68 billion over 11 years and put it in their pocket. he works for those banks. it's brazen, i wish that is the kind of thing people would focus on. finally there was this magical moment in terms of what mitt romney actually thinks about student loans. >> i wish i could tell you there is a place to find really cheap money and we cou
i would rather have more competition. >> president obama cut out the middleman and saved us a huge amount of money. the way it used to work is the government would guarantee the loans, and they would get everything that the loan needed. the government picked up the tab. it brought the interest rates, et cetera, and then you had the banks who would take money in the middle and give it to the students. they didn't provide anything to banks. no assurance, no guarantee, no nothing. and when...
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if we continue down the road that president obama has charted, a road that cuts for dollar trillion in our deficits, but also makes the investment that we need in education and infrastructure to protect and extend medicare another eight years, that keeps taxes on the middle-class down, you will see the 12 million jobs that governor romney talked about actually happened during president obama's next four years. >> we will see quite a bit of the mayor next week at the democratic national convention, which kicks off on tuesday. thank you for joining us, sir. i want to turn to our reporters here in tampa. peter, what is the strongest thing, in your view, coming out of this republican convention? what is the biggest weakness for the republicans? >> i thought they made a concerted effort to win over latino voters. the mayor talked about this. marco rubio took the stage. susanna martina's give a good speech. i wonder, however, if they made the sale. illegal immigration resonates so deeply in the community, there is so much that latinos are not hearing, like, prances solutions to the issues of
if we continue down the road that president obama has charted, a road that cuts for dollar trillion in our deficits, but also makes the investment that we need in education and infrastructure to protect and extend medicare another eight years, that keeps taxes on the middle-class down, you will see the 12 million jobs that governor romney talked about actually happened during president obama's next four years. >> we will see quite a bit of the mayor next week at the democratic national...
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americans in this country by ensuring that we make the strategic investments and not just drastically cut our budget like the republicans have proposed so that we can give people an opportunity especially when the industries through economic downturns are beginning to evolve. some are going to continue in the same way and others won't. we need to make sure we invest in job training programs, in educational opportunities so that at the next stage of americans' dreer they have a lot of different opportunities -- career they have different opportunities. >> also on that note, a couple democrats have come out in the race for gabrielle gifford's seat in arizona and other places and have sought to put some distance between themselves and the president. is that something that is at odds with your job of both being the dnc chair but also involved in democrat's efforts to retake the house? and what is your advice to candidates where the president did not win and is facing a tougher time this time around? >> our advice to candidates is to run the race that they know how to run, to do what we've bee
americans in this country by ensuring that we make the strategic investments and not just drastically cut our budget like the republicans have proposed so that we can give people an opportunity especially when the industries through economic downturns are beginning to evolve. some are going to continue in the same way and others won't. we need to make sure we invest in job training programs, in educational opportunities so that at the next stage of americans' dreer they have a lot of different...
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. >> passing middle income tax cuts means the end of holding them hostage from tax cuts for the rich. >> president obama also tried to pin a negotiating tactic on republicans, saying congress can't tie fiscal cliff negotiations to upcoming debt ceiling votes. >> i will not play that game. we've got to break that habit before it starts. >> it's a sign the two sides have a lot to discuss---once they decide to do so. emily schmidt, kron4 news >> depending on you who you speak with. this wild prank. the hospital got a call from deejays she was pretending to be the queen and he was pretending that he was prince charles. incredibly, the hospital thought that it was correct and they released information. >> the call was put through to the ward and i am not impressed i think it was a pretty poor trick to play. there is no chance that this could have been put to the patient. >>catherine: that's the hospital boss - trying to save face. but a lot of people think it was pretty funny - especially when a nurse began instructing the 'queen' on when she should show up during visiting hours. the radio
. >> passing middle income tax cuts means the end of holding them hostage from tax cuts for the rich. >> president obama also tried to pin a negotiating tactic on republicans, saying congress can't tie fiscal cliff negotiations to upcoming debt ceiling votes. >> i will not play that game. we've got to break that habit before it starts. >> it's a sign the two sides have a lot to discuss---once they decide to do so. emily schmidt, kron4 news >> depending on you who...
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the current tax cuts were put in place by the previous administration and will expire by the end of the year. then, marco rubio on jobs and education policy. >> hello, everybody. over the last few weeks, there's been a lot of talk about deadlines we're facing on jobs and taxes and investments. but with so much noise and so many opinions flying around, it can be easy to lose sight of what this debate is really about. it's not about which political party comes out on top, or who wins or loses in washington. it's about making smart decisions that will have a real impact on your lives and the lives of americans all across the country. right now, middle-class tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year. time is running out. and there are two things that can happen. first, if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. a typical middle-class family of four would get a $2,200 tax hike. that would be bad for families, it would be bad for businesses, and it would drag down our entire economy. now, congress can avoid all thi
the current tax cuts were put in place by the previous administration and will expire by the end of the year. then, marco rubio on jobs and education policy. >> hello, everybody. over the last few weeks, there's been a lot of talk about deadlines we're facing on jobs and taxes and investments. but with so much noise and so many opinions flying around, it can be easy to lose sight of what this debate is really about. it's not about which political party comes out on top, or who wins or...
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by suppressing the vote. >> wait, wait, wait, obama suppressed the vote? obama suppressed the vote! you're a stitch, karl. and we continue to rub it in the faces about how wrong they were. >> obviously i think with the election results last night, do you want to offer an apology? >> we missed the north carolina senate race. >> yes you did. >> by the way, i didn't. i got that one right too. by wait, the most accurate pollster for the election, you will love that result. don't miss that. it's go time. >> president obama's reelection is a devastating blow. >> if obama wins, it's the end of the republican party. >> we are in a war. >> the republican party has to rethink strategy. >> we're going to wind by a landslide. i plead guilty. >> we were wrong. frankly, misunderstood what was happening in the country. >> he doesn't get it. >> look, i'm not against people making money out of politics. i'm a volunteer, i don't take a dime. >> sit down and work out what's going to happen before this fiscal cliff and do a grand bargain. >> the president must be willing to r
by suppressing the vote. >> wait, wait, wait, obama suppressed the vote? obama suppressed the vote! you're a stitch, karl. and we continue to rub it in the faces about how wrong they were. >> obviously i think with the election results last night, do you want to offer an apology? >> we missed the north carolina senate race. >> yes you did. >> by the way, i didn't. i got that one right too. by wait, the most accurate pollster for the election, you will love that...